Opinion
No. 05-19-01568-CV
03-20-2020
MARK VERDERAME, Appellant v. ANA PATRICIA VERDERAME, Appellee
On Appeal from the 219th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 219-50246-2019
ORDER
Before the Court is appellant's March 9, 2020 motion to settle. In his motion, appellant states appellee has "decided to relinquish primary custodial rights to their children." Appellant asks that we "verify mother's desires" and then order the parties to mediation.
We construe appellant's motion as a motion for mediation. We GRANT the motion as follows. We ORDER appellant to provide, within fifteen days of the date of this order, written notification of the name and contact information for the mediator. We further ORDER appellant to file, no later than forty-five days from the date of this order, either a status report or a motion to dismiss this appeal. We suspend the current deadline for appellee's brief on the merits.
We ABATE this appeal for forty-five days to allow the parties the opportunity to pursue mediation. This appeal will be reinstated in forty-five days from the date of this order at which time the Court will dismiss the appeal if the parties have settled or set a new deadline for appellee's brief if they have not.
/Bill Whitehill/
BILL WHITEHILL
JUSTICE